Veddahs of Ceylon
The Veddahs or Veddas are an indigenous minority in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that may have been the island's earliest inhabitants. These men are dressed in typical scant Vedda male garb for the 19th century-loincloths tied with a rope at the waist.
Credit: Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
c. 1880s
Albumen print
21.3 x 28.1cm
2018.222
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023
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